Category Archives: education

THE WHO Bulletin newsletter

New feature: selected Bulletin content is now appearing in Russian and Chinese.

In the Bulletin series, Primary Health Care: 30 years on, Gail Reed reports from Havana on how primary health care has been an essential part of Cuba’s health system since the 1960s.

Dear reader,

This month’s [...]

Aluminium poisoning /www.hints-n-tips.com

www.hints-n-tips.com has a load of good information for you to read. Please visit their web site if you require further information. Love Dom xo
Aluminum
Search keywords, aluminium, aluminum (American spelling) amyloidosis, neurotoxin, beta amyloid, neurofibrillary, E541

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Anti perspirants and cancer?? What do you think. Here are some good info cancer links.

Fact or Fiction?: Antiperspirants Do More Than Block Sweat
Do antiperspirants cause dementia or breast cancer?
By S.M. Kramer

NO SWEAT: The aluminum compounds that help block sweat in most antiperspirants do not appear to have harmful effects.
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For some, the thought of abandoning antiperspirants gives them the cold [...]

Paracetamol. Have you read this info released in 2003 from TGA Australia?

Practitioner fact sheet - paracetamol
12 June 2003
This fact sheet has been prepared by the Therapeutic Goods Administration to inform health practitioners about the safe use of paracetamol. Similar information has been released to consumers.

Paracetamol has been used in Australia for the relief of pain and fever since the 1950’s. It is available in many different [...]

Phytoestrogens. What are they? The low down from wikipedia.

Phytoestrogens
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Phytoestrogens sometimes called “dietary estrogens” are a diverse group of naturally occurring non steroidal plant compounds that because of their structural similarity with estradiol (17β-estradiol), have the ability to cause estrogenic or/and antiestrogenic effects.[1]

Most common phytoestrogens found in plants
Their name comes from phyto = plant and estrogen = [...]

Mayo Clinic. Sodium are you getting too much? how much do you have a day?

Sodium: Are you getting too much?
FDA may set new limits on salt in processed foods, but you can make healthier choices today. See how much sodium you need, what high-sodium foods to avoid, and ways to cook without added sodium.
You’ve been trying to eat less sodium — just a pinch of table salt on your [...]

Australian Adverse Drug Reactions Bulletin. FYI this is very interesting reading.

Australian Adverse Drug Reactions Bulletin
The Australian Adverse Drug Reactions Bulletin is produced six times a year by the Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee.

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Hypericum from wikipedia for your information. Great herb to help relieve stress and tension.

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Hypericum
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Hypericum

Around 400, see text

Adenotrias Jaub. & Spach
Androsaemum Duhamel
Androsemum Link
Ascyrum L.
Lianthus N.Robson
Olympia Spach
Sanidophyllum Small
Sarothra L.
Takasagoya Y.Kimura
Triadenia Spach

Hypericum is a genus of about 400 species of flowering plants [...]

Dec. 6, 1850: The Eyes Have It, Thanks to the Ophthalmoscope

Dec. 6, 1850: The Eyes Have It, Thanks to the Ophthalmoscope
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Tennessee Poison Control Center offers holiday safety advice; Keep a watchful eye for unsafe toys and potentially dangerous poisonous plants

Tennessee Poison Control Center offers holiday safety advice; Keep a watchful eye for unsafe toys and potentially dangerous poisonous plants  11-30-2007    [...]